Roger Hayter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Michael Schierl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes

>>For me it seems as Fred is too fail-fast. It may try for a few more
>>seconds or minutes instead of returning the RNF nearly immediately
>>(and very often). Putting that retry to the user's side (being it the
>>browser or a FCP app) is no good idea IMHO.
>>
> How would you distinguish messages you don't want very much (like
> possibly non-existent Frost messages) from ones you do want a lot?  

By not using Frost? If that is really an issue, one could specify an
"importance" flag in FCP. But IMHO that many RNFs are a bug in Fred.

> It
> is likely to generate quite a lot of extra traffic to automatically
> retry all RNFs till you get something, even if the user has gone on to
> something else.

Not "until you get something", but for some more time. I guess most
users will not change their mind if they cannot get a site within a
second (which is usual time till RNF for me ATM).

mihi

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